Am I Evil?

I see on CNN.com that some patent attorney killed his neighbor with a kitchen knife after being told that the guy molested his daughter.

I'm not sure he had all the facts. If he did, though, I applaud pops. I'd have done the same damned thing. Sure, it's rash and not all that sane. But damn. That's your little innocent daughter, man. It's a little girl. Hell, I might do it even if it weren't my daughter.

I know. The right way is to call the police. But how the fuck are the police going to take away what happened to your daughter? Why should you let a jury decide how devastating it is to your family?

I say it's the classic A Time To Kill scenario.

 

Paging Starman ... Starman, please pick up the yellow courtesy phone.

 

Justice takes on a different meaning when the victim is a loved one, especially a child.

 

If you're in the jury at this guy's trial, how do you vote?

My apologies to the justice system, but if this guy gave me any defense whatsoever, he'd be walking. No way could I send this guy to jail. I just couldn't do it.

 

Boy, way to make Google spit out a PSA HeinekenMan. Food off Webby's table.

 

The daughter was only 2 years old. If I'm on that jury there's no way I would vote to convict.

 

I live about a mile and a half from the site of that killing and it's such a quiet and family neighborhood. I don't know what to think about any of it.

 

Before we send the jury home, the story so far is that the father acted after the 2-year-old told the mother something that alarmed the parents.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/31/neighbor.stabbing.ap/index.html

 

From what I read today, the defense seems to be, "He lost it."

Sounds like the guy didn't have nearly enough to go on to execute such a final solution. I have a 3-year-old daughter and if anybody did that to her (damn, that's a horrible thought)..I just can't imagine it, but I know I might react the same way. But I'd hope that I'd be pretty damn sure before I did something about it.

Kids that age say all kinds of shit.

In the killer's defense, the guy he stabbed was known for erratic behavior, including shouting at the neighborhood kids and going outside nude, so there was more to it than just what the little kid said.

 

What will be key is proving (if possible) that the victim actually molested the toddler.

I think I understand what must have going through the daddy's mind, but if the victim (and for now that's what he is) was innocent, then a life was lost for nothing.

 

"If he did."
On this does a life sentence depend, I think.

 

If you don't see it happen or have some solid evidence, I think you call the cops first. Plenty of time to stab him later.